A police incident briefly shut down traffic at a busy Brookswood intersection and put two nearby elementary schools on alert on Monday morning, as RCMP searched for a man who bolted from a traffic stop.

At around 11 a.m., a 91原创 RCMP officer spotted a Ford Expedition, which matched the description of a vehicle linked to an attempted theft case the Ridge Meadows RCMP north of the Fraser River was investigating.

Officers pulled the vehicle over in a driveway, but the occupant of the vehicle jumped out and made a run for it.

Police then sealed off the area, including blocking traffic on 200th Street around 38A Avenue and 40th Avenue, while a tracking dog was brought in.

The road closure was done as RCMP cordoned off the area to prevent too many people confusing the trail for the dog, said Staff Sgt. Kimerly Farlin.

Both Belmont Elementary and Noel Booth Elementary were under 鈥榟old and secure鈥� orders around midday for the same reason, but 91原创 School District spokesperson Joanne Abshire indicated that they had been lifted already by around 1 p.m.

Cpl. Craig Van Herk, spokesperson for the 91原创 RCMP, said that as of Tuesday, Jan. 17, the investigation was still ongoing, and officers believed they might know the identity of the driver, and were still attempting to locate him.

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